Tag Iwan Baan

29-11-2017

Heneghan Peng Architects: The museum of Palestine in Birzeit

In Birzeit, 25 kilometres north of Jerusalem, on the West Bank, stands the Museum of Palestine, a monument to the natural and cultural landscape by Heneghan Peng Architects of Dublin

02-11-2017

BIG Bjarke Ingels Group: The Lego Brick House, Billund, Denmark

In Billund, Denmark, we return to childhood with the LEGO House, The Home of the Brick by architecture studio BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group, which has recently opened.

20-09-2017

Sanaa Kazuyo Sejima & Associates Nishinoyama House Kyoto Apartments

In a residential district in Kyoto, Kazuyo Sejima & Associates designed ten homes which meet urban planning requirements while giving each unit a unique identity of its own.

08-09-2017

International Architecture Awards presented in Athens

75 buildings have won International Architecture Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. The awards ceremony is scheduled for September 8 in Athens.

04-09-2017

Pavillon Martell, the first work in France of SelgasCano Architects

The temporary pavilion designed by SelgasCano Architects will host the events of the Martell Foundation until the summer of 2018, when the first section of their building, currently being renovated, will be inaugurated.

27-06-2017

The Serpentine Pavilion by Diébédo Francis Kéré opens

The 23rd June saw the opening of the Serpentine Pavilion designed by architect Diébédo Francis Kéré. This is the first time that an African architect has designed the Serpentine Pavilion. The temporary pavilion of the Serpentine Galleries is one of the most eagerly-expected features of the London summer.

21-06-2017

Open Architecture: Tsinghua Ocean Center Shenzhen, Cina

In Tsinghua Ocean Center in Shenzhen, Open Architecture has designed a symbolic building inspired by the sea, in which the model of the university campus with pavilions take the form of a broken-down asymmetrical tower which Open Architecture paints in all the colours of the abyss.

31-03-2017

A year without Zaha Hadid: an architect’s legacy

A year after the premature death of Zaha Hadid on March 31, 2016, here is a quick overview of a number of projects by one of the most controversial figures in contemporary architecture. The first woman to receive the Pritzker Prize and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, her legacy for future generations was buildings of sculptural beauty that people either love or hate.